Guide to Sri Lankan Television Channels on the Internet - Watch Sri Lankan Channels for Free

You can watch most of Sri Lankan Television Channels for free via Internet.
First of of all you may need some software to be installed .

Software Required:
(Any one of following programs will do the job. No need to install all of them.)
For Windows

• Microsoft Windows Media Player (Available free for Windows Users with Legal Copies.)
• VLC Media Player for Windows (Free Open Source Software)
• RealPlayer (Freeware)
• WinAmp (Freeware)
  

For Linux or BSD

• MPlayer (Free Open Source Software)
• xine (Free Open Source Software)
• VLC Player (Free Open Source Software)

Sri Lankan TV Channels:
Rupavahini
At the moment testing live web cast is available on the official website.
Official Website: http://www.rupavahini.lk/
Live Streaming (Official/Testing): http://203.94.73.66/live



ITN
ITN doesn't provide any official live streaming. But it provides news on demand.
Official Website: http://www.itn.lk/
News On Demand: http://www.itn.lk/newsmain.html
Live Streaming: http://sinhalaradio.net/itn.pls



Swarnavahini
Swarnavahini provides pretty good live streaming. The only problem is the website is cannot be viewed completely using Mozilla Firefox. No problems with Internet Explorer. Swaranvahini is going to start new live streaming & Video On Demand Service.
Official Website: http://www.swarnavahini.lk/
Live Streaming (Official): mms://220.247.224.106/swarnavahini



Derana
No official live streaming available at this time. But some programs are available as video on demand.
Official Website: http://www.derana.lk/

MAX Television
Official Website: http://www.mgm-maxtv.com/maxtv/index.php
Live Streaming: http://www.mgm-maxtv.com/maxtv/maxlivetv.php

Darmavahini
This is channel is available via LBN & satellite. At the moment you can find videos for free on the official website.
Official Website: http://dharmavahini.tv/
Video On Demand: http://dharmavahini.tv/videobysubject.php

Note:
Some live streams known to not work on some media players.
Some live streaming links are working at the moment this article is written; if any of those links are not working please visit the given addresses of the official website and get the new addresses.
Sometimes you may have to copy & paste live stream URL on the media player.

I could find only above television channels providing free video streaming and/or video on demand. If you came of across any other free video streaming service, feel free to say it. ;-)
And feel free to add your comments too.

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